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MySQL Limit

Learn all about MySQL Limit in this comprehensive tutorial.

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•You can limit the number of records returned from the query, by using the "LIMIT" statement:
•If you want to return five records, starting from the third record, you can use the "OFFSET" keyword:

Limit the Result

You can limit the number of records returned from the query, by using the "LIMIT" statement:

python

import mysql.connectormydb = mysql.connector.connect(  host="localhost", 
  user="yourusername",  password="yourpassword",  database="mydatabase")mycursor = 
  mydb.cursor()mycursor.execute("SELECT * FROM customers LIMIT 5")myresult = mycursor.fetchall()for val_1 in 
  myresult:  print(val_1)

Start From Another Position

If you want to return five records, starting from the third record, you can use the "OFFSET" keyword:

python

import mysql.connectormydb = mysql.connector.connect(  host="localhost", 
  user="yourusername",  password="yourpassword",  database="mydatabase")mycursor = 
  mydb.cursor()mycursor.execute("SELECT * FROM customers LIMIT 5 
  OFFSET 2")myresult = mycursor.fetchall()for val_1 in 
  myresult:  print(val_1)

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